I’ve been working with Lauren @richteracademy on my #flexibility for the last several weeks and it’s already making a noticeable difference!! 😃 I couldn’t do either of these things when I started. 🥳
Lack of #mobility has been limiting me in #kipping movements and #overhead squats. Lauren leads me through all kinds of creative and challenging stretches and exercises to help open up my chest and shoulders. We also work on #hip mobility.
These pictures look so #peaceful but actually this is an intense #stretch for me! And yes, I do #pilates and #stretching with my eyes closed because it helps me concentrate. 👀 😌
Thank you Lauren for being so knowledgeable and patient with me! ☺️🌷 #systematicallyattackyourweaknesses#crossfit#weightlifting#evolve

How to loosen up those triceps and improve getting your arms overhead: There are many ways to loosen the triceps up to help you reach overhead like, self myofasical release, stretching, pin and stretch, deep pressure over the muscle belly. But, why not combine all of them. This mobility movement helps to pin and stretch the triceps with deep pressure which can reduce the tone of the muscle as you move and stretch the triceps. While you are in that same position you might as well do some self myofascial release with the lacrosse ball and loosen up the tissues that surround the triceps. Combining all of these systems will have you reaching overhead without limitations before you know it. Tag someone you think this could help. (Swipe to see a different angle if that helps)
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To do the exercise: .
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1️⃣Put the lacrosse ball on the wall at a spot that is elevated above your shoulder.
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2️⃣Push the edge of your lateral triceps into the ball. With the other hand push the triceps muscle belly into the ball. This pins down the tissue and allows for a strong stretch when you move to step 3️⃣
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3️⃣With the tissue pinned bend the elbow which elongates and stretches the triceps. It may be slightly uncomfortable when doing this but should get easier and more tolerable quickly. Move the ball and hand pinning the triceps into higher and higher positions to get more elongation and better overhead position. .
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4️⃣Move your triceps onto the ball with pressure to roll out the tissues and give it a finishing touch.

This happens every single year without fail. I tried really hard to create a little backstock of photographs but I never felt like posting them. All because it’s gotten cold and my least favorite season is here (that being specifically decemberjanuary). What terribly long months without much sunshine.

TO ALL YOU OVERHEAD LIFTERS
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This is a complex subject, in which I have offered a reductionist view to make a very specific point. I realise, however, that shoulder pain is potentially multi-factoral with many different reasons for its presentation. ***
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Why I hate the internal rotators of the humerus (arm)...
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A lot of people presenting with shoulder pain - particularly when lifting their arm overhead - often have restrictions in their capacity to externally rotate the humerus. This seems to be much more prevalent in men - particularly those that 'lift'.
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This inability to adequately externally rotate the humerus inhibits activity of the infraspinatus. Infraspinatus has a very important role in providing stability at the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint).
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The glenohumeral joint, a ball-and-socket joint, relies very much on soft tissues to provide dynamic stability. Unlike the femeroacetabular joint (hip joint), the shoulder is VERY small and is VERY mobile - as such, it is much more exposed to dysfunction and injury. If certain muscles aren't doing what they should be, it's very easy for pain to develop.
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The primary internal rotators, namely, Supraspinatus, Latissimus Dorsi and Pectoralis Major are often 'tight' or 'shortened' in the presence of anterior (front) shoulder pain. When these are tight, the external rotators, the likes of Infraspinatus, become lengthened and weakened. This then reduces the dynamic stability of the shoulder, potentially leading to shoulder pain.
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Lengthen the internal rotators (we can help), strengthen the external rotators (google is your friend), slowly reintroduce pain-free movements.
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*Remember - mobilise, stretch and strengthen to improve shoulder stability, strength and pressing power!
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*Great article by Prestonsportsmassage
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#furyan#furyanfitness#teamfuryan#gymworksfulwood#personaltrainer#rehab#shoulderrehab#internalrotators#externalrotators#shoulderhealth#overhead

Overhead europe gig rehearsals vol. 123: how to learn a 20 minute prog epic?
Drummer is in facebook.
Keyboard player plays with his knee. The singer fiddles with his fiddle and the bass player films.
First time listen of the song and we made it to 10-minute mark.
Not bad 🤣
Prog n' Roll baby!
#Overhead#progrock#prog#rock#reharsals#tour

Hit up some training OUTSIDE the home gym for the first time in almost 2 months, and no better place to get the work in than @eats.sg !!! Hit some duffalo bar squats, hitting a few doubles at 415, then into trapbar deadlifts, just kind of feeling these out. 540 felt really good for a triple, so I decided to go after this set at 630, banging out a cool 5 :). Warboat missed his first go at 630, but in true Warboat fashion, someone else getting the weight was all he needed to make or happen. After my second rep at 630, I really wanted to stop and go for 700, but decided to stick to my mantra of "Are you building strength or testing strength", and finished the set, then on to some accessories, one of which was a devious invention of @brad_dayman . .
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Build Strength, Test on Contest day.